Faith: Blessed Assurance?
I used to struggle with what-you-could-call a weak faith. For years, I lived in doubt, fear, and helplessness. I knew that God was—and is—in charge, but I secretly wondered if He had pushed pause on the remote control and stepped away from my life, momentarily.
In ... read more

If life is a disaster when you can't have
everything just like you want it,
then life is a disaster most of the time.
I've been recovering from all-or-nothing thinking for quite a while now. I grew up thinking about life in a drastic sort of way. It was either perfection or failure (you can ... read more

Sometimes the Middle is Long
When the middle is long, it's good to keep the end in mind.
"Let us not grow weary of doing good,
for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9, ESV).
I met my friend, Amy Young, at a writer's conference in Dallas. She has a website called The ... read more

Good Change?
Change — it can be painful! Babies cry when they start teething. Mothers cry the first day of kindergarten. We cry when we leave one place and move to another.
There is something in us that really longs for permanence. We want the good times to last. And in some weird way, some of ... read more

Every Wednesday, during Lent, we are participating in a Lenten Curation of Before & After Images, linking up with MeetMeintheMiddleProject.com. The Meet Me in the Middle Project is a creative way to share the truth of the gospel on blogs, Pinterest, and Instagram, through Before&After ... read more

People, doesn't it seem like the world's on fire? We've got crooked politicians and crooked people trying to become politicians. We've got legalized abortion, marijuana, and prostitution in this country...it just seems like it's all downhill from here. The world we live in is a mess.
But life's a ... read more

Every Wednesday, during Lent, we are participating in a Lenten Curation of Before & After Images, linking up with MeetMeintheMiddleProject.com. The Meet Me in the Middle Project is a creative way to share the truth of the gospel on blogs, Pinterest, and Instagram, through Before&After ... read more

Hi! I’m Britta

I'm a work in progress. Lately, I'm trying to learn how to plant deep roots after a lifetime of military moves. Planting seems to be slow work for me!

Life on the move. Chronic and serious illnesses. Marriage struggles. At times, it has been hard to see God's goodness. But I’ve learned that CURATING the GOOD (collecting evidence of God's goodness and putting it on display)—this is a life-giving practice. Won't you join me? Read More…